ondoyant,
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I’m using the term psychopath literally, not colloquially;

i think you’re using the term inappropriately, or at least irresponsibly. ASPD, psychopathy, whatever you like, has specific conditions for diagnosis, and we are not well served by generalizing disordered behavior to people whose lives we have limited insight in, based on a perspective which is not a psychiatrist’s office. calling people “psychologically unhinged” is in poor taste even if these people were diagnosed with ASPD.

your quote for how to define a psychopath is not how clinical professionals speak about people with the condition, and the idea that treatment is impossible is a falsehood. there are effective treatment options for the condition. the clinical profile for ASPD is itself contested for its focus on criminality, which some clinicians say allows its misapplication to people in impoverished conditions, who have adopted anti-social behaviors as part of a survival strategy, and whose criminal behavior can be better explained by the desperation of poverty and unstable living conditions. insinuating these people are beyond help, or that their behavior cannot be adjusted, is problematic in this context.

there are also specific problems with insinuating that women are “unhinged” or “crazy”. the history of how women were denied freedom and autonomy from the patriarchal structures of the past and present is deeply interlinked with the institution of mental health care. “hysteria” was a recognized medical condition for a long time, and was used to justify putting women who were resistant to the authority of their family, husband, or other patriarchal systems into asylums, give them lobotomies, or otherwise pacify them with medication when they resisted control. the majority of lobotomies were performed on women, and the justification and permission to do so was very often in the hands of the patriarchs who controlled their lives. so… yes, calling women crazy has a pretty fucking horrifying history, and calling anybody crazy stigmatizes mental health issues.

if what you’re saying is true, go ahead and point that out. tell people what they did and how bad it is. but try not to pathologize doing terrible things? women have very real reasons to be triggered by that sort of attitude, because it has been and still is used to insulate misogynists, rapists, and abusers from being held responsible for their actions.

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